Nice bass from my Dad's northern Iowa pond. 21" exactly.
The best strategy I have for catching big fish is to go out fishing for management/cull fish. Friday night we spent 45 minutes fishing and caught a 19.5", 20", and a 20.5" LMB. This fish was caught Sunday morning, after some work and switching lures to avoid the big bass I did catch some of the 10-15" bass that got relocated to another pond on the property.



Added a couple other photos for fun.

The house from across the 1.7 acre pond:


more pond timber. still standing after being flooded in 1978.

Pack of dogs. Any guesses on what we hunt?



Every person should have an interest in life - I think I'll go fishing. ~ Thoreau